His Grace Willm. Robt. Duke of Leinster [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- His Grace Willm. Robt. Duke of Leinster [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- His Grace William Robert Duke of Leinster
- Creator
- Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
- Contributor
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Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828, painter.
Cowen, George, active 1792, publisher. - Published / Created
- [2 January 1792]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Jany. 2d, 1792, by George Cowen, at Thomas Macklin's Poets Gallery, Fleet Street, London, & at his house, Grafton Street, Dublin
- Abstract
-
"Portrait, half length in a rectangular frame, seated almost in profile to left, looking towards the viewer, holding a paper in left hand, wearing a double-breasted coat with a high collar, frilled cravat, star and powdered wig tied at the nape; after Stuart; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated along lower edge, resulting in slight loss of text. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 310 (leaf numbered '134' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Remnant of contemporary annotation in brown ink in lower left corner, mostly trimmmed away: ... Duke. - Provenance
- Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 34.5 x 25.5 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1792
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804,
- Subjects
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Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804
England > London > 1792
18th century
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16607270
- Object ID (OID)
- 33191880